Letter: How will we explain what America becomes?

Monday

Mar 3, 2014 at 1:01 AM

Winston Churchill said, “if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour.’” This statement came after England’s Royal Air Force had defeated Germany’s mighty Luftwaffe in the battle of Britain.

What will my grandson say of my nation if it still exists? Will he even know we were once a proud people?

Will he know that our leaders swore to God they would honor and follow the Constitution and respect the Bill of Rights, that welfare was for the physically impaired and to live off the fruits of someone else’s labor carried a stigma no one wanted to bear, and that young men wanted young women of whom they could be proud for wives and mothers of children that would bear their name?

I’m afraid he will never see honor on display for our flag, appreciation for those that have defended and many given all for our nation. He will read a history that isn’t factual, with praise for those who were corrupt, took away the freedom of the people, belittled the God that established this nation and persecuted those who spoke the truth as a free people.

I wonder. Will he ask “why,” “how did this happen,” “was it because they couldn’t see or was it they just didn’t care as long as they weren’t at risk?”